Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health is moving forward with a new drug law that would make those who carry more than one pill of methamphetamine a dealer of illegal narcotics.
According to the Bangkok Post, the controversial law comes after Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said that the ministry would revise the law to deal with the country’s serious methamphetamine problem.
Currently, the law states that those who are found with more than 15 meth pills would be considered as a dealer. Those who have 15 or fewer pills in their possession would be regarded as having them for personal use and are subject to rehabilitation.
Anutin says the new law is the result of an investigation by the ministry’s committee, which concluded that tougher measures were needed to combat the drug problem in the country.
“The committee will amend the ministerial regulation and send it…
